Briefcase Full of Blues

Infobox Album |
Name = Briefcase Full of Blues
Type = Live Album
Artist = The Blues Brothers


Released = December 1978
Recorded = 1978, Live at the Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles
Genre = Blues, blues-rock, blue-eyed soul
Length = 35:45
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Bob Tischler
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6srb287c058a~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bluesbrothers/albums/album/92948/review/5942196/briefcase_full_of_blues link]
*Robert Christgau (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Blues+Brothers link]
Last album =
This album = "Briefcase Full of Blues" (1978)
Next album = "" (1980)

"Briefcase Full of Blues" was the first album by The Blues Brothers, released in 1978 by Atlantic Records. The album reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and double platinum. Two singles were released, "Rubber Biscuit", which reached #37 on the Billboard 100 and "Soul Man," which reached #14.

Track listing

# "Opening: I Can't Turn You Loose" (Redding) – 1:50
# "Hey Bartender" (Dixon) – 3:01
# "Messin' With The Kid" (London) – 3:35
#* Originally by Junior Wells
# "(I Got Everything I Need) Almost" (Walsh) – 2:50
#* Originally recorded by Toronto's Downchild Blues Band
# "Rubber Biscuit" (Johnson, Levy) – 2:57
#* Originally recorded by The Chips
# "Shot Gun Blues" (Walsh) – 5:23
#* Also by Downchild Blues Band
# "Groove Me" (Floyd) – 3:46
# "I Don't Know" (Mabon) – 4:14
# "Soul Man" (Hayes, Porter) – 3:28
# "'B' Movie Box Car Blues" (McClinton) – 4:08
# "Flip, Flop & Fly" (Calhoun, Turner) – 3:38
# "Closing: I Can't Turn You Loose" (Redding) – 0:51

Credits

* Elwood Blues – Vocals, Harmonica
* "Joliet" Jake Blues – Vocals
* Matt "Guitar" Murphy – Lead Guitar
* Steve "The Colonel" Cropper – Guitar
*Donald "Duck" Dunn – Bass guitar
*Paul "The Shiv" Shaffer – keyboards, Background Vocals
* Steve "Getdwa" Jordan – drums, Background Vocals
* Lou "Blue Lou" Marini – Tenor & Alto Saxophones
* Tom "Triple Scale" Scott – Tenor & Alto Saxophones
* Tom "Bones" Malone – Tenor & Baritone Saxophones, Trombone, Trumpet, Background Vocals
* Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin – Trumpet, Background Vocals

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

External links

* [http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/albums.php?album_id=1 Album Information on Blues Brothers Central]
* [http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/fitzgerald/12/bio.html Biography of the Blues Brothers from the album "Briefcase Full of Blues"]